Welcome to today’s Plymouth Argyle live blog for Thursday, October 12.

Manager Derek Adams and a Pilgrims player, expected to be Jake Jervis, will be put before the media this morning as the Pilgrims gear up for their tough League One fixture against early leaders Shrewsbury town on Saturday.

The Shrews are unbeaten in the league so far this season and defying the odds after the bookies tipped them to be among the favourites for relegation before the season started.

Our football editor Chris Errington will be at Home Park this morning and will bring you all the latest news to come from the briefing as the Pilgrims chase only their second league win of the campaign.

Don’t forget, we are always keen to hear your questions with Beren and Chris hosting a live Web Chat tomorrow, so if you have something to ask, then simply fill in the form below.

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Alex Fletcher battles for the ball with Nathan Pond during the League One match between Plymouth Argyle and Fleetwood Town on Saturday, October 7, 2017 at Home Park (Image: Dave Rowntree/PPAUK)

13:40KEY EVENT

Diagouraga is good to go

Some sparkling words from Derek Adams in his press conference this morning about the new signing. The Scot has said Diagouraga is good to go and was the best player on the park in Tuesday’s reserves win. Exciting stuff.

Sam Vokes battles with Toumani Diagouraga during the Championship match between Burnley and Leeds United at Turf Moor on April 9, 2016 (Image: Jan Kruger/Getty Images)

12:59Beren Cross

League One round-up

Paul Scholes, Leon Best and Peter Taylor. Stuart James rounds up the best of the day’s League One news here.

Paul Scholes is said to have been interviewed for the managers' job at Oldham Athletic

12:31KEY EVENT

Threlkeld out

Derek Adams has revealed his first-choice right-back Oscar Threlkeld will not be fit to face Shrewsbury Town on Saturday. It’s another cruel blow this season and does raise more questions about whether he was rushed back too quickly last weekend.

Peter Taylor departs Gillingham

Peter Taylor has agreed to leave Gillingham with immediate effect.

He had been in charge of team affairs since Ady Pennock left the club by mutual consent last month. Taylor returned to the Gills as director of football in the summer, but has been caretaker manager while the club look for a new permanent boss.

Taylor initially came in to assist inexperienced manager Pennock, but with chairman Paul Scally looking at more experienced managers for the future, he feels his input will not be required as much.

He took charge of Gills’ last four games but their only win came in the Checkatrade Trophy. It was his third time as manager of the club, having led them to promotion in 2000, before returning to take charge following Martin Allen’s sacking.

Allen is now understood to be interested in a return, to help save the club from relegation. The Gills are second bottom in League One, winning just one of their first 12 games and failing to score in their last four.

Steve Evans, the Mansfield Town boss, and Cambridge manager Shaun Derry are also on the club’s radar, while former Crystal Palace caretaker boss Keith Millen has been backed in recent days to take over.

Fitness coach Neil Withington has also left, leaving the Gills with a threadbare coaching staff ahead of their weekend trip to Peterborough. Coach Steve Lovell is being helped by youth manager Mark Patterson.

Caretaker manager Peter Taylor leaves the pitch after his Gillingham side lose to Portsmouth during their League One match at Priestfield Stadium on October 8, 2017 (Image: Sarah Ansell/Getty Images)

10:56Beren Cross

Leon Best rumour confirmed

Charlton boss Karl Robinson has confirmed Leon Best is training with the club.

Best, 31, has not played a competitive game since January after being frozen out at Ipswich last season.

The striker has Premier League and Championship experience with Newcastle and Blackburn.

Charlton’s only senior strikers are Josh Magennis and Joe Dodoo, with the latter failing to impress after joining on loan from Rangers in August.

Best would add much-needed depth to Charlton’s frontline.

Robinson said: “He’s here for a few weeks - he’s training. He certainly adds a bit more depth to us.

“We’ll just have to see what materialises. I know the club tried to sign him two times in the past. It never happened. And just on record, he contacted me. So that’s always a positive start.

“He’s powerful and quick. That’s surprised me. I don’t think he’s played competitive football since January.

“He went to America and had an infection on the back of a groin op and it kept him out for longer than he thought it would have.

“He’s been a good addition to the dressing room and is a nice person.

“When you start doing things right, people will knock and ask if they can be a part of something. And we would’ve been stupid to say no to Leon training with us.”

Best has endured an injury-hit few campaigns, but Charlton could offer him a deal until the end of the season to get his career back on track.

10:26Beren Cross

On this day

On this day in 1995 Wayne Burnett departed Home Park for Bolton Wanderers two years after arriving from Blackburn Rovers as part of the deal which took Jock Morrison to Ewood Park.

What do you remember of Burnett? According to Greens on Screen he was “a patient midfielder with an eye for a pass, Burnett made 34 league appearances as Argyle reached the playoffs in 1994.

“He scored twice, perhaps a poor return for such a clever player, though one of those did come in a famous 3-2 away win over Devon rivals Exeter City.

“The following campaign was a disaster for the club, and Burnett’s form in an injury-disrupted season suffered along with the team’s overall.

“He was one of the few players to survive Neil Warnock’s cull in the summer of 1995, but he was clearly too good a player for the basement division and Bolton Wanderers whisked him off to the Premier League two months into the season.”

The Plymouth Argyle team photo of 1995. Never used in an official capacity because of the joke between Wayne Burnett and Paul Dalton. See right side of the picture.

09:52Beren Cross

Crunch match for Northampton

The Cobblers, who are in dire straits, face fellow strugglers AFC Wimbledon this weekend and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has been speaking to the press.

“It’s for us all to step up,” he said. “The performance against Bristol Rovers was not acceptable, since I’ve been here I’ve been positive because the performances have been good but the performance on Saturday wasn’t us.

“You have to take responsibility and we all have to do that.

“It was a difficult few days after Bristol Rovers but it was important we spoke about it as a group and were truthful with each other.

“Certain things you can never forget about and you should never forget about. You should use it as a marker and know that you don’t want to have that feeling again.

“We all need to stand up and be counted and show that we care. we want to put this right, not just for this Saturday but for the whole season.

“There is still a lot of work to be done but we need to go back to how we were when I came in.”

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and his assistant Dean Austin look on during the League One match between Northampton Town and Bristol Rovers at Sixfields on October 7, 2017 (Image: Pete Norton/Getty Images)

09:29Beren Cross

Bad behaviour at Bristol

Steve Hamer, Bristol Rovers’ chairman has released a statement about the behaviour of home supporters during Argyle’s recent visit.

Sadly, the behaviour of some of our fans at the Plymouth match was rightly deemed unacceptable by the inspecting authority who attended the game.

In essence, it was felt that gangways were not kept clear and when stewards requested for fans to move they often met resistance.

Obstructing gangways is dangerous because if someone trips or slips over then they could fall right down to the pitch side fence and so could injure themselves or an innocent bystander.

If you fall or slip within a stand then there is the barrier to break your fall and to protect others. Yet again a so called young supporter let off a flare in the North Terrace but at least we believe that he has been identified.

Anyone bringing in flares or setting them off will be dealt with by the police which will result in a very long ban from The Mem. As stated before I would wish to celebrate a goal by The Gas as much as everyone else, however fans must show respect for others.

Jumping up and down and pushing your group around is not only dangerous but also potentially very annoying for other supporters. This must stop with immediate effect.

The Club has been required to justify its response to the above. The reduction of the capacity of the Mem and more matches being policed are very likely options.

This will cost the club a lot of money and all because of a small minority of supporters who, it appears, choose not to abide by the EFL Regulations which are in place across the country.

Thank you very much and please help the safety team to resolve the above.

GOAL CELEBRATIONS for Rory Gaffney of Bristol Rovers as the home side lead 1-0 during the Sky Bet League 1 match between Bristol Rovers and Plymouth Argyle on Saturday 30th September 2017 at the Memorial Ground, Bristol - Photo: Dave Rowntree/PPAUK (Image: Pinnacle)

08:53Beren Cross

How to get Argyle firing?

Stuart James has had a think about how this Argyle team will get scoring again? The defence is all well and good, but this team needs goals to stay in this division.